Dance Belt (uncertain)
CG2009-3-15
From: New Guinea | Eastern Highlands, New Guinea (uncertain)
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
Object Number | CG2009-3-15 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | New Guinea | Eastern Highlands, New Guinea (uncertain) |
Section | Oceanian |
Materials | Boar Tusk | Bark Cloth (uncertain) | Cotton |
Description | Twisted length of bark (bark cloth?), around which is twined a cotton string which passes through holes in 12 boar tusks. At one end a loop of cotton string for fasteneing. Similar to 62-19-39A, "belt worn by men for dancing." |
Length | 97 cm |
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